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Ocean Challenge Live! – The Vendee Globe 2008

Ocean Challenge Live! - The Vendee Globe 2008

Solo, Non-Stop, Around-the-World Race

  • Racing Great American III
    • About Rich Wilson
    • About Great American III
    • Vendee Globe 2008-2009
    • Rich’s Asthma
    • Shore Support Crew
    • Press Releases
    • Press Coverage
    • Cool Stuff
    • Glossary
  • Daily Updates
    • Ship Log
    • Ship’s Position
    • Daily Podcast from sea
    • Daily Weather Maps
  • Saturday Updates
    • Essays
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    • Q&A
  • Team of Experts
    • Prof. Dava Newman, M.I.T.
    • Dr. Brien Barnewolt, Emergency Medicine, Tufts Medical Ctr.
    • Dava Sobel, Author, Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter
    • Dr. Chris Fanta, Asthma, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Capt. Eric Wallischecke, USMS
    • Samuel Scott, Maritime Art, Peabody Essex Museum
    • Dr. Jan Witting, Sea Education Association
    • Marti Shea, Select Fitness
    • Dr. Ioannis N. Miaoulis, Museum of Science
    • Laura Mirabella, Shipping Broker
    • Capt. Murray Lister, M.V. Cape York
    • Dr. Ambrose Jearld, National Marine Fisheries Service
    • Dr. Chuck Czeisler, Sleep, Brigham & Women’s Hosp.
    • Sean T. Connaughton, U.S. Maritime Administrator
    • Lorraine Leo, Technology Teacher
    • Rich du Moulin, Owner, Intrepid Shippin
    • Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor & Explorer
  • Teacher’s Guide 2008
    • Family Activities
  • FAQ
Announcements
  • A Call to AntarcticaOn March 10, 2009 at 13:43:19 French time, Skipper Rich Wilson and Great American III crossed the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne. Race time: 121 days, 41 minutes and 19 seconds
  • Thank you for all of your kind notes, and for joining us on another educational adventure at sitesALIVE!

Ship’s Log

The Finish!

Posted on March 10, 2009April 7, 2020 by Lauren Zike

At 13:43:19 French local time, Skipper Rich Wilson and Great American III crossed the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne. Total race time: 121 days, 0 hours, 41 minutes and 19 seconds.

Ship Log

Day 121 – Hours away

Posted on March 10, 2009April 7, 2020 by Erin Brochu

As of 10:00 French time, Skipper Rich Wilson and Great American III are approximately 32 miles from the finish line in Les Sables d’Olonne. The skipper is currently estimated to cross the

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Ship Log

Day 120 – Nearing the finish line

Posted on March 9, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

As of 18:50 GMT, March 9, Rich Wilson and Great American III are approximately 160 miles direct from the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne. With the wind out of

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Ship Log

Anything but normal

Posted on March 7, 2009April 20, 2020 by Lauren Zike

By Scott Hamilton, Investment Advisor, Explorer Under normal circumstances Rich would have crossed the Doldrums and then picked up the trade winds for a relatively uneventful sail to the finish. Conditions, however,

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Essay

Being at sea

Posted on March 7, 2009April 22, 2020 by Erin Brochu

by Rich Wilson, Skipper,  Great American III Last week, the moon rose just after sunset, bright and full, flaunting its perfect geometry. Ringed as I am by 360 degrees of horizon,

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Essay

Day 118 – Tacking, mathematically speaking

Posted on March 7, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

It should be understood by all viewers of the Vendee Globe website, that because positions are taken from the boats four times per day, the course shown on the map

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Ship Log

Day 117 – We’re close, but not finished

Posted on March 6, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

1635 UTC, 45/05 n  20/54 w, 11 knots @ 125T, solent, 2 reefs in the mainsail, approximately heading for Cape Finisterre. High pressure system is rotating on its axis and we should

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Ship Log

Day 116 – Zig-zagging home

Posted on March 5, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

Our downwind zigzag continues with the wind directly behind us on the route to France, so we must gybe back and forth, increasing the distance by nearly half to actually get there.

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Ship Log

04 Day 115 – Things are looking up

Posted on March 4, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

1151 UTC, 46/37N  32/31W, 11.3kts, 115T, staysail, 3 reefs in main, wind 25 knots west. When we rounded the high and then gybed north, we ended up due north of the center

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Ship Log

Day 114 – Strong winds coming!

Posted on March 3, 2009April 9, 2020 by Erin Brochu

1052 UTC, 44/09n  37/15w, solent, 3 reefs, broad reaching, 040T @ 9.5 knots. Yesterday was difficult. No wind in the 1042 millibar (mb) high in the morning. Turned off pilot.

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